Novel & Cerita Mages Are Too Op

He knew a strong fixation when he saw one. "I might as well satisfy my desires with that girl and be done with it. I am done fighting my urges." Ottai remembered Vladya snarling these words to him, on the night of the new slaves' introduction. It was clear the desire was far from "done with." Very much alive, that one. Even seems stronger now. The noise of chair creaking pulled Ottai out of his thoughts. "I think Lord Belzebob is right," Lord Gaff said, rising "In the kingdom of mages, their strategic position, akin to our own, provides them with similar challenges and opportunities. An alliance with them could deter aggression from common enemies."

Maybe my friends and I were different. “Zeph, have you lost your mind?” asked my twin, Hera, stopping before me. She saw the dilemma in my eyes and immediately understood my predicament. “She’s the fucking enemy, Zeph. We’ve wiped out all of them. Will you treat them all with your magic potion? There’s only a bottle of it!”

“Then we’ll need a mage.” My jaw clenched. We both knew that was a problem. The crown had made enemies of every mage in the realm. After generations of fear and slaughter, few still lived and fewer still offered help. “They won’t work with us,” Magnus said, reading my silence. I clenched my fists. We were at a dead end, with no way forward. And all the while, Celene still was out there. With him! And we were running out of time.

Lady Julia reported when she reached where I was. "That's bad." I said and Lady Julia agreed. We only have 15 mages, including us. Only 12 are assigned for the barrier while Xander, me, and Sussie are doing offensive attacks to save power. Since the mages mana aren't as strong as before mages are usually used as support but this time mages are the one leading the offense plus there's only 15 of us. We can't even rotate our numbers.

Verina had spoiled me for easy battles. “No, I don’t believe so. Honestly, Harlow, I think it’s time you considered bringing some other mages into your fold. You are a powerful enough mage that you should have a few mages in your pack below you to help with this sort of a situation so that you don’t end up in a situation where you are battling several evil mages at once. “That’s a thing?” I asked. “I mean, I didn’t realize good mages did that.” Until I’d met Cody and his flock of crazy birds, I hadn’t realized anyone did that.

No evening birds sending their eerie calls into the failing light. No sign of life other than these vicious beasts. There were two mages working against their far greater numbers. It took me only a moment to realize that the mages were Hawk and Magus, the mages Warlord had helped escape the Guild under the condition they find and protect his sister and send him word. Hawk wielded a blue light that fed his power. Magus’ was green. But trying to determine who they were actually fighting against was impossible to pinpoint. There’s far too many wolves here to tell which are on which side.

“No one has the artifact. That Guardian possesses its own artifact. It wears it around its neck like a trophy.” Legarde puts his hand to his chin. “I know you believe in the old ways Legarde, but there are times that great change will bring balance.” “My answer is the same.” Lord Legarde stands. “The people have even started to blame the mages. They are starting to believe what they hear from the other cities, that somehow it is them that is bringing the evil down upon us. My lead Mage is gone and my other mages who are now overwhelmed with keeping the spirits and creatures in check. That is why I don’t have a mage guard. I don’t have enough mages.”

On the mainland, apart from the churches of the powerful gods, the largest organisation is the Mage Guild, which is even stronger than the churches of some weak true gods. Although the number of mages is very small, there are less than 30 full mages in a county's Mage Guild, and half of them are still below the fourth rank. However, their power is truly too great. A fifth-level mage who has mastered Flight and is willing to spend money on Fireball scrolls can use guerrilla tactics to destroy an army of a few hundred with one or two fifth- or sixth-level knights, not to mention high-level mages who have mastered powerful group spells and legendary mages who can destroy a city.

“Now, I know the Empire has had its differences with the desert tribes throughout the decades. I must say, it is very hard to fight against a nomad people who have no fixed stronghold. And I’ve seen from all the history texts that desert tribes will often split their forces and infiltrate the land of the aggressors, engaging in various methods of petty warfare there so that the main forces are handicapped. It’s all very genius indeed. I hope we can discuss the…” Kai was long gone. He was here, physically, but there was a shuttered, faraway look in his golden eyes. Well, shit. Coming here had been a bad idea. He was hating this. “So you sequester your mages here,” he interrupted in a voice th